Golden Rules of Composition V1.5 UPDATE Now LIVE.

After many promises and much work I now present to you the GOLDEN RULES of COMPOSITION CAMERA PROP v1.5.

-=> Important Note <=-</strong> This Archive contains two sub Zip files and must be Unzipped to a Temp Folder before you can install the version needed for your DS 4.5 setup. Please read the Golden_Rules_ReadMe_First.txt file and the Included PDF tutorial file before you install the Content. Included are Versions for a Default DS My Library and a Version for those using the DIM My DAZ 3D Library.

This is a Golden Rules Overlay Prop for ANY Camera you wish to use as your Render Camera in DS 4.5. It is easy to use and will help any artist set up their Images using several of the Golden Rules of Art. Included in the PDF are instructions to install to your content folder and a Brief Overview of some of the Golden Rules with examples. A Tutorial for the use of the Camera Prop is also included in the PDF.

This is Version 1.5of this item. It now includes MetaData for Smart Content use and Updated Texture and Material Files.

Minor issue: the plane's selectable in the viewport -- since it's in front of everything else, that means nothing else is selectable when looking through that camera. Turning off its selectability from the Scene tab's an easy fix.

Minor issue: the plane's selectable in the viewport -- since it's in front of everything else, that means nothing else is selectable when looking through that camera. Turning off its selectability from the Scene tab's an easy fix.Did you read the PDF? That was covered. LOL!!

And thanks for the Feedback. It seems you have it up and working. I'm very happy.

Minor issue: the plane's selectable in the viewport -- since it's in front of everything else, that means nothing else is selectable when looking through that camera. Turning off its selectability from the Scene tab's an easy fix.

Did you read the PDF? That was covered. LOL!!

And thanks for the Feedback. It seems you have it up and working. I'm very happy.
Ack! Yes I read it -- I must've missed that bit. :red: Perfect timing though, I was having trouble with the composition of my latest PlatClub Inspirations entry. I installed this, applied it to my render camera, and resized the plane to the render area (the pdf's right, it was easy, and the default settings were just what I needed) -- I could easily see what was off in my pic and adjusted the camera to fix it. The finished render's here, but below I'm attaching the test-render that includes your overlay. Thanks again!

I've been using this golden rules backgrounds thing that a good friend got me started with...
but this is awesome and convenient and excellent! I will DEFINITELY use this and wish i had something like this starting out.
Bravo for a great tool :) THANK YOU! Thank you very, very much!

I've been using this golden rules backgrounds thing that a good friend got me started with...
but this is awesome and convenient and excellent! I will DEFINITELY use this and wish i had something like this starting out.
Bravo for a great tool :) THANK YOU! Thank you very, very much!

The second isn't finished at all by a long shot; I need to figure out how to make the morphs work so Diana's legs look like they're really bent and then there's the matter of her heels and backside and the boots and the floor of the temple. :-S

Jad, I can't thank you enough for this :-) It takes me back to my days as a cameraman :cheese:

Some quick renders of how useful it is on something I'm working on. Working title is "Supplication". Need to add morphs to fix the kneeling figure and have done light and material test in Reality.

Your system improved the composition and that's just an initial use :lol:

Thank you so much for sharing this and you totally rock!

EDIT: The new composition is also much better because it's now composed against a diagonal :-P:coolsmile:

You have no Idea how it makes me feel when I see people enjoying and using this. And thank you for the examples. The only draw back I can think of now is that everyone will doing great renders. I just made it harder on myself to out do you all. LOL!!